Page 8: Historical Events In April - 02

1979  Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season   

1980  On April - 02 dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies   

1981  On April - 02 a Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400   

1982  On April - 02 argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands the start of the war with England   

1982  Argentinian forces invade the British run Falkland Islands on April - 02.   

1984  On April - 02 georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title   

1986  On April - 02 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece   

1986  George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans on April - 02.   

1987  Buddy Rich drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1987  On April - 02 buddy Rich, drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69   

1989  Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage on this day in history.   

1990  On April - 02 aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85   

1992  Country singer Wynonna Judd's first appearance as a single act on April - 02.   

1992  In Guelph Ontario a stable fire kills 69 horses at Mohawk Raceway; worst racetrack fire in Canadian history on this day in history.   

1992  John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos on this day in history.   

1992  On April - 02 space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands   

1992  Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72 on April - 02.   

1993  On April - 02 eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93   

1994  Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79 on this day in history.   

1995  On April - 02 more than 80 top Australian rugby league players sign with Super League   

1995  On April - 02 hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86   

1997  Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86 on this day in history.   

2000  French archaeologists announce they have discovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old queen's pyramid south of Cairo, complete with texts of special prayers previously found only with kings on this day in history.   

2005  On April - 02 pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.   

2007  On April - 02 the Solomon Islands is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, and hit by a subsequent tsunami.   

2007  Smoke ban in enclosed places in Wales on this day in history.   

2012  On April - 02 oikos University, Oakland shooting kills seven people and injures 3   

2013  On this day in history 9 mutilated bodies are found in an SUV in Tamaulipas, Mexico   

2017  Attack on visitors to Muslim shrine by a custodian and others in Sargodha, Pakistan leaves 20 dead on April - 02.   

2017  American golfer Lexi Thompson loses ANA Inspiration in Racho Mirage because of TV viewer emailing earlier infringement on April - 02.   

2018  On April - 02 nCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament championship game: Villanova defeat Michigan 79–62 in San Antonio, Texas   

2019  Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns as President of Algeria amid widespread protests, after nearly two decades in office on April - 02.   

2020  Number of coronavirus COVID-19 cases worldwide passes 1 million, with 1,002,159 cases and 51,485 deaths reported, according to Johns Hopkins University Learn More on this day in history.   

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1348  On this day in history birth of andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)   

1565  On this day in history birth of cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)   

1602  On April - 02 birth of maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan   

1618  Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On April - 02 birth of constantin Christian Dedekind, composer   

1632  On April - 02 birth of georg Caspar Weckler, composer   

1653  On this day in history birth of prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)   

1711  Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool) was born on April - 02.   

1118  Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies on April - 02.   

1272  Death of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209) on April - 02.   

1335  On this day in history death of duke Henry of Carinthia (b. circa 1265)   

1412  On April - 02 death of ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer (b. ????)   

1416  Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1502  Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies on April - 02.   

1507  Death of Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416) on April - 02.   

1640  On this day in history matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45